Re: [Patch] fbcon: i want fbcon soft scrollback feature come back

[Daniel Vetter]

On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 4:48 PM xuhuijie <huijiexu295@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This commit 50145474f6ef(fbcon: remove soft scrollback code) remove soft scrollback in
> fbcon. So the shift+PageDown and shift+PageUp is missing. But PageUp is a vary important
> feature when system panic or reset. I can get log by PageUp before, but now there is no
> way to get. Especially on the server system, we always use bmc to control computer.
> So I hope the community can add this feature back.

Adding Linus.

Short summary: Not going to happen without significant effort:

https://lore.kernel.org/stable/CAKMK7uEy-b_nPmoh9WYA4NCsK8AL_Jk+-+FRZsrk6NOqqrvriA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Cheers, Daniel




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Daniel Vetter
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